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Webster 1913 Edition

Swearing

Swear′ing

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Adj.
&
Noun.
from
Swear
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Verb.
Idle
swearing
is a cursedness.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Swearing

SWEARING

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ppr.
Affirming upon oath; uttering a declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of it.
1.
Putting upon oath; causing to swear.

SWEARING

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Noun.
The act or practice of affirming on oath. Swearing in court is lawful.
1.
Profaneness. All swearing not required by some law, or in conformity with law, is criminal. False swearing or perjury is a crime of a deep dye.

Definition 2025

swearing

swearing

English

Verb

swearing

  1. present participle of swear
    • 2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37:
      Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.

Noun

swearing ‎(countable and uncountable, plural swearings)

  1. The act of swearing, or making an oath.
    • Daniel Defoe
      No man is believed a jot the more for all the asseverations, damnings, and swearings he makes.

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  • Rhymes: -ɛərɪŋ

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